Director:
Howard Deutch
Writer (WGA):
Vince McKewin

Synopsis

When the NFL's Washington Sentinels goes on strike, the team's owner, calls former NFL coach Jimmy McGinty out of retirement to coach a rag-tag team of replacement players to finish the season's last four games. Stage left Shane Falco the team's captain for the duration of the season is forced to shape up the misfit players whom include convenience store guard, gangster rapper brothers, former sumo wrestler, a Welsh "football" player called "The Leg", a deaf player, a convict on a work-release program, and a tough SWAT leader. Meanwhile Falco strikes up a possible romance with the team's cheerleading captain Annabelle Farrell

Cast

Keanu Reeves ...  Shane Falco
Gene Hackman ...  Jimmy McGinty
Brooke Langton ...  Annabelle Farrell
Orlando Jones ...  Clifford Franklin
Faizon Love ...  Jamal Jackson
Michael Taliferro ...  Andre Jackson (as Michael 'Bear' Taliferro)
Ace Yonamine ...  Jumbo
Troy Winbush ...  Walter Cochran
David Denman ...  Brian Murphy
Jon Favreau ...  Daniel Bateman Michael Jace ...  Earl Wilkinson/Ray Smith
Rhys Ifans ...  Nigel 'The Leg' Gruff
Gailard Sartain ...  Pilachowski
Art LaFleur ...  Banes
Brett Cullen ...  Eddie Martel
Archie L. Harris Jr. ...  Wilson Carr
Evan Parke ...  Malcolm La Mont (as Evan Dexter Parke)
John Madden ...  Himself
Pat Summerall ...  Himself
Jack Warden ...  Edward O'Neil
Sarah Ann Morris ...  Heather
Caroline Keenan ...  Dawn  

Produced by
Jeffrey Chernov ....  executive producer 
Steven Reuther ....  executive producer 
Dylan Sellers ....  producer 
Elena Spiotta ....  associate producer 
Erwin Stoff ....  executive producer